In most cases, graffiti artists don’t have problems framing their tags. They like longevity and usually choose permanent edifices upon which to make their mark. The indelibility of the graffiti pictured below is limited to the portion sprayed on the sidewalk. Out here in California, the gardeners usually come one time a week, which means […]
The painting below is a combination of painted, inked and white-space-preserved swirls. Although I am reading about Matisse, I hesitate to call them arabesques, as they do not serve as regular, decorative designs. It seems more as if the swirls are performing. The parting curtain adds to this impression.
I don’t remember precisely, the name of the first painting I saw, of Paul Klee’s rough grids of colored squares. Here are some of Klee’s paintings in the style to which I refer: Ancient Sound, Abstract on Black; Coming to Bloom; Altimetry of Stripes; Rhythmical, Glass Facade. I looked for patterns of color, but could […]
What would the conclusion be if a parking lot archeologist came upon this layer in the sediment, many years from now? Much depends on the continuity of history. In the future where the slab pictured below is unearthed, would handicapped space indicators in parking lots still be blue?; would there still be handicapped spaces?; would […]
Here is a photo of a portion of a parking lot space divider. It looks like it could have been painted by a brush. It doesn’t look as if a can of spray paint was used. The line does serve its purpose and reminds us that there is room for life on some roadways. Not […]
I’ve been reading a book my mother gave me: Henri Matisse, A Retrospective by John Elderfield, (The Museum of Modern Art 1992). When I used to visit her she had a treasure trove of art books that I would read. She usually agreed to allow me to take one with me when I left. This […]
Now and then those who manage parking lots decide to re-do the spaces, or at least re-allocate spaces: from handicap spaces to regular, or vice-versa. Since there are no pavement-line erasers, they have to paint over the existing lines. This is reminiscent of the working habits of some abstract expressionists who revise their painting leaving […]
I started today’s painting at the same time as yesterday’s (Untitled I – July 16, 2017), using the same devices, i.e., positive- and negative-space lines* and free-form design. Instead of creating color fields and forming lines by abutting one color against another, I used brush strokes on today’s composition. The strokes were mostly independent of […]
I created positive and negative space on the paper before I began painting today. I used pencil lines comprised the positive (1-dimensional) space and latex masking, for the (eventual) negative space. The latter space appeared as thin, white traces at the end of the process, when the watercolor paint dried and the mask was removed. […]
Now and then, the most mundane subjects attract my attention. I liked the way these two lines intersected.
